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2011 / #45-02
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WelcomeKirtana, the call-and-response singing of God's names, is growing in popularity in the West, especially among people with interest or experience in yoga. Kirtana lies at the heart of bhakti-yoga, practiced by members of LettersGrassroots Krsna Conscious Material I loved the article "Becoming Wealthy On $2 a Day," by Dhanesvara Dasa, in the November/December issue. It's true that the U.N. sets a false bar for poverty and for measuring "having eFounder's Lecture - The Path to JoyfulnessNew Vrindavan, West Virginia, June 7, 1969 Hearing and chanting about Krsna frees us from material contamination and uncovers our original state of pure consciousness. harer nama harer nama harer nama eva kevalam kalau nSrila Prabhupada Speaks OutThe Disunited Nations This conversation between His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and Mr. P. Sharma, a former United Nations worker, took place in Paris in 1974. Srila Prabhupada: Suppose I ask the UnDoes the Bhagavad-gita allow for multiple interpretations?Defending "As It Is" By Abhijit Toley Scholars all over the world accept the Bhagavad-gita, which talks about the all-encompassing Absolute Truth, as one of the most important books from India. Simple yet profound, easilFame: A Misguided QuestBy Arcana Siddhi Devi Dasi While the whole world runs after fame, the pure devotee runs away from it. When I was eleven years old, I had one of those defining moments when an eternal-truth realization interrupts the motiArtificial Life? Why Not Real Life?Caitanya Carana Dasa and Aja Govinda Dasa Even from a scientific perspective—what to speak of a spiritual one—there's more to life than DNA. “Scientists create artificial life,” declared newspaper headlines around the woe-KrishnaISKCON Transcriptions—www.iskcon-transcriptions.com is a new website that brings edited transcriptions from seminars and lectures to a computer near you. Lectures and seminars occur regularly all over the ISKCON world. IIn Memoriam - Narayana MaharajaSripada B. V. Narayana Maharaja, a prominent Vaisnava leader, passed away on December 29 in the holy city of Jagannath Puri, India. He was eighty-nine years old. The executive committee of ISKCON's governing body commissTransform Your Workplace into the Spiritual WorldBy Mahatma Dasa No place in the material world is ideal for remembering Krsna, but we can do things to improve our spiritual environment anywhere. Recently, I was at a Krsna conscious program in Tennessee where a devoteeQueen Kunti's Amazing PleaBy Mukundamala Dasa Why an exalted devotee asked Lord Krsna to keep putting her into dangerous situations. Most people worship God with a material motive. As Lord Krsna explains in the Bhagavad-gita (7.16), such people cA Spiritual Happening on the Lower East SideBy Satyaraja Dasa Srila Prabhupada and the first kirtana recording in the West. The year is 1997, and Brahmananda Dasa, one of Srila Prabhupada's earliest disciples, is driving through a residential area in Miami Beach. How I Came to Krsna ConsciousnessLooking for the Place of No Misery By Upendra Dasa A search for the spiritual world, inspired by the words of an unwitting songwriter. I earned my degree in chemical engineering in 1970 and took up a job in a petrochemicFrom Ritual to SpiritualBy Vraja Vihari Dasa Why and how to go beyond the externals of religion. Twenty-five-year-old Nitin Sawant, a software engineer, explains why he's disillusioned with religious rituals. "I was at a friend's wedding recentFrom the EditorPrabhupada's Aphorisms of Logic One of India's traditional philosophical systems is nyaya, or logic. Although it is distinct from the bhakti tradition of the Hare Krsna movement, Srila Prabhupada would often draw from itVedic ThoughtsBy intense service of the Lord, one can experience the presence of the Lord transcendentally. Therefore seeing the Lord means being engaged in His service because His service and His person are identical. The sincere dev